How is this list of supplies you need going to be different than any of the 523 million other lists out there?
Your list may be completely different than mine, but I believe the items contained in this list of supplies will be common to most people and more importantly will be required if you are going to be as prepared as possible if the manure hits the hydro-electric powered oscillating air current distribution device. This list is not all encompassing either. Bleach – Non-scented or Calcium Hypochlorite is a better long-term option that won’t go bad.
Polar Pure is an iodine based disinfection method that will last far longer than any water tablets.
Plastic Nalgene Bottles or Stainless Steel water bottle for each individual if you plan on needing to boil water for individual use. Yard wagon or wheel barrow to haul the water jugs and reduce trips to your water source if it is remote.
Freeze Dried foods would be the last item to stock up on unless you have an abundance of money and zero time. Precious Metals – Investigate this for yourself, but I find the arguments and historical track records against fiat currency and the current rumblings of Government wanting to take care of your investments for you very compelling. Spare wood – Plywood and 2 x 4’s will handle a lot of different repairs until you can get the right materials. Fish Antibiotics – In a grid down situation a healthy supply of these could save a life. Oil lamps – the right kind can provided plenty of light and last longer than batteries, or should according to use.
I would definitely add honey, vinegar, heavy socks,and a butane stove ( plus fuel canisters) to the above lists.
My bike started off as a 2006 Swift Lucky Strike (Basically a semi-custom bike using Harley parts). To get the rust patina, I just scraped and sanded most of the paint and body filler off and then gave it a couple of coats of a vinegar and salt solution.
I hung my shemaugh around the headlamp as well as an old leather hat band I’ve had for over 20 years that has a couple of bone-tip ends and a black feather.
On the top of the handlebars, I rolled up a poncho (Army issued) and tied it up with a shortened PT belt.
BTW, to maximize which tools you want to carry, the best way I’ve found is to keep a log of which tools are needed for each job. I have a heavy-duty chain under the canteen with a hefty combination Master lock in case I’m in a place where I want to lock up my bike to a light post or something. I also hung a pair of earplugs on the outside that are great for long-distance riding or trying to sleep with a bunch of rowdy bikers partying through the night. On the bottom of the fork hangs a US Army guardian bell that my son bought me to keep the evil gremlins off my bike. Down the center of the tank is a canvas scabbard containing a SOG Seal knife set to be pulled out knife edge down (the knife fighting style I learned in Hwa-Rang Do) and a sharpening stone. I put a desert tan heavy duty combat belt across the tank to be able to hang a couple items off of. On the top of the tank are two grenade pouches (Army issued) attached to the belt that keep my gloves, sunscreen and chap stick. On the right side, just in front of the saddle bag, I hooked up an Bianchi M12 holster for my 1911. For emergency comms in case my cell phone won’t reach, I have a Tri-Band Yaesu VX-6R submersible handheld ham radio in a multicam pouch above the holster. One of my next updates to the bike will be to add a 12v receptacle so I can charge the Yaesu or my cell phone. I installed a 12v plug onto the side of it. Just as an example of how you can use things you find to make repairs or improve things, I took a 50ml Jack Daniels bottle, cut out the back and filled it with filter material. Because it’s Fall in the desert, the mornings and nights are pretty chilly but the days are too hot to wear anything heavy so I strapped a blue jean jacket on the rear fender right behind the seat.
On the very back of the rear fender, I put a small black tactical pouch with a velcro face. On the back side of the license plate on the left side of the bike, I strapped a small Molle multicam utility pouch.
Whatever your hobbies are, you should try to make sure that you’re not caught off-guard if an emergency or SHTF hits. Here’s a quick video of the bike idling, with a couple of adjustments I did to the bags. And as a serious scientific experiment just for fun, I put my phone in my pocket to see what it sounds like accelerating. My goal is to help families to understand how to intelligently protect their family and their way of life against real threats, without all the end-of-the-world doomsday crap. After finding your site and reading (for entertainment purposes only), I then somehow stumbled upon your graveyard pony editorial, finding the information quite familiar. Former Counterintelligence Special Agent, US Army Chief Warrant Officer, and Combat Veteran. 99 freakin’ awesome ideas for your bug out bagLots of articles tell you the basics of what you need in your bug out bag.

Top 10 best selling prepper gear you should considerOccasionally, I want to let you know which prepper and survival gear is selling better than the rest. My personal go bag contentsThere are a lot of different things you can put on your bug out bag list and there’s not really one list of contents that you should follow. How to communicate when the world goes silentSo if cell phones stopped working, how would you communicate?
You may not know what events to plan for or you could have a much defined idea of the threats you see, but regardless you recognize a need.
Maybe it won’t be, but I am going to try and go in order of importance so you can follow along at home and let me know what I missed or what should have received priority. I am probably not going to have blacksmith supplies or leather working tools although I can see the use in each of those. This doesn’t take more extreme climates into consideration but should still provide a base regardless of where you live. The benefit with these are super long shelf life and virtually zero work so even with the added cost, they are a really smart choice if you have the other bases covered first.
For me I have chosen several firearms and you can read what I consider are the top 5 firearms you need here, the best gun for home defense if you can only afford one and how to find the best handgun for self-defense in other articles on the Prepper Journal. Gold is easier to transport with the high cost to weight, but you might have problems cashing a gold coin for a tank of gas.
If you can shower every couple of days and wash your hands before eating and after touching anything nasty you should be fine. There are a lot of people who don’t live where there are any trees for example and most will not be building their own log cabin even if they do. I had the same thoughts myself but things do not seem to happen as quickly as you think they will. One day something inside of me said ok look, it’s time to start making a list and to get going on this endeavor. The problem I am having is that I live in a mobile home so if something happens I am out of here, I just want to know how much water can I store in my car and how long would it last? Service men and women of all branches, and equally suited to civilians looking for more tactical components in their survival kits or bug out bags, this kit fits squarely in the service uniform thigh pocket or cargo pocket so that it can be carried on the person at all times, independent of their other tactical equipment, (which may be lost or abandoned in certain situations.) Our most economically priced kit in the Escape and Evade series, yet comprehensively designed to address water purification, shelter, fire building, wound trauma, and navigation to dramatically increase the service members survival metrics. The Tactical Survival Revolution Has Begun – At Last, A Breathable Survival Sleeping Bag in Tactical!! I need to be able to get home from wherever I’m at and not have to worry about bringing a bugout bag with me everywhere. It had the basics that I was looking for like the fat gangster-white tires, 6-speed transmission and 1340cc Harley engine. Simple and only took two days to make it look like it had been out in the elements for years. It’s great for when you go motorcycle camping or are hanging out at a rally overnight. Then go through the motions of any job that you think you might come across (changing the battery, adjusting the chain alignment, spark plugs, etc) and write down each tool you use. I hung a pair of goggles around the sleeping bag (one of many goggles I’ve been issued over the years) and tucked a neck gator behind that, which is good for both sand storms and to keep my neck warm in the winter time. I keep a pair of clear wayfarer sunglasses for night time and a pair of prescription ray ban sunglasses in the M4 pouches and a Gerber multitool (Army issued) and folding knife in the M9 pouches. It’ll work for now to charge my cell phone or Yaesu etc but I may want to move it later on to a place that is easier to access.
I keep my altoids tin can EDC gear survival kit that has items for firestarting, fishing, etc., as well as a lighter wrapped in electrical tape in the small pouches on the side. I keep a couple of water bottles, my 1st Aid kit, and whatever I’m needing for the day.
Once it gets colder, I’ll put a heavier jacket there and swap out the gloves for heavier ones. I put my US Army velcro tape that I wore in Afghanistan and the 82nd Airborne combat patch I wore there as well. I wanted to see if I could detect any missing or gaps in the power curve that I can’t hear with the wind rushing through my ears.
I take a couple, three, four, weeks a year airing out from society, set no destination, while continually having to stop for parts at various Harley shops. I grew up in the woods and spent a lifetime in various environments from deserts to jungles to politically-sensitive urban environments, and I'm here to tell you what I know. Each item in your kit will depend on your skill set and what you’re trying to prepare for. There are people who come to the Prepper Journal after they read something on another prepping blog or they may have been visiting our site for a year.
This list is going to be for the average person to get by if we have a SHTF event, not start a new life in the wild west.
The capacity in only one of these units might not be enough for a family of 4 in the summer though so plan accordingly.

This doesn’t prevent a currency devaluation but it does circumvent blank holidays or power outages. I was really pleased with the compactness of the kit, its relative light weight, and stock of great survival items. Since I live in the desert in Arizona, I needed a few key things that may be different than for other people.
The sandpaper, drill-sandpaper attachment thingy, paint stripper, and wire brush cost me a total of $19. I cut off a piece of thick flat strap, bolted the bottle opener onto it, and bent the ends back on itself. I ran a shoulder strap through the center of the blanket and use it to clip the ends to the bag on the other side of the handlebars. I keep tools, bungee cords, a SureFire E1L flashlight, spare CR123a batteries, emergency food, an emergency blanket and a Sawyer MINI water purifier inside. You should seriously buy a dozen of them, keep one in your bug out bag, one in each vehicle, one in your kitchen drawer, and hand them out as awesome freaking gifts when you need a last-minute gift.
In most cases, my pistol is in the small of my back but some clothing doesn’t allow for a quick reach.
I keep the top open and drop the water bottle I drink as I’m riding in it for easy reach. I may have to take a page from your book—so to speak—and use some of your ideas for my motorcycle. The best part is that you took the Road Warrior and made it a survival vehicle that Mad Max could only dream of. It is pretty fun and it always gets looks when I take it to a carshow or just park it somewhere.
This is currently the list of the top 10 best-selling prepper and survival gear items, along with an explanation for each.
The newer visitors are usually just getting starting in this crazy world of Prepping and if they are anything like I was at the beginning, knowing where to start can be pretty daunting. Please let me know what additional items you would recommend and I’ll keep this list updated so you can print it out whenever you need to purchase items or want to build your supplies out. You will feel the pain in your wallet one time, but the tool should last long enough to offset that. It seems protection is the most important I am taking lessons on the gun’s I have purchased on shooting and care of guns. I spent about 3 hours of sanding and then brushed on some vinegar and salt a few times a day for a few days. I took a tan uniform belt and wrapped it all together, running the belt around the handlebars themselves. It won’t reach across the country but you only need to reach a repeater or luck into someone driving or living nearby. I use a magnetic tank pouch in place of your tank belt, I have the same waist pack on my bike, and a medical bag I spray painted and put on my front forks for great storage. Prepping isn’t the same for everyone but most people eventually look for a simple guideline to follow so I have pulled together this preppers list of supplies. Also this list is going to be missing the specifics of the amounts because each family or individual is different. I needed to upgrade it a bit though so it has a farther range and can hold more (any) stuff. My set up is probably much more conservative than yours, but inspires me to stop half a$$ing it and just go for it like you did. Olive drab outer for tactical situations, reversible to silver inner for signaling and high visibility.
He got it and told me it was great as well and knew some other guys in his unit who had one. As you have room for tools, you can fill the empty space with any tool that matches any part of your bike. You need to think of what mechanical issues you want to be ready for and then figure out what exact tools you’d need to fix them. Since it doesn’t rain very much out here, what I have should be sufficient in most circumstances. When I had an old Sportster, I used to carry spare parts like spark plugs, light bulbs and points. Used to start fires using the sun, and to read small print, especially if glasses are lost.